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The Senate has agreed to a two-year deal that raises both defense and domestic discretionary spending well above the sequester levels in the Budget Control Act. Here’s how this has played out since 2013, when the budget sequesters first went into effect:¹ Democrats are happy with the additional domestic spending, but Republicans have basically won […]read more

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